Luckily, every weekend we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes Microsoft's latest experiment, an app that helps you read faster, a visual storytelling app and more.

Check out the gallery, below, to see our top picks. If you're looking for more, take a look at our last roundup of can't-miss apps.

App Roundup 07/10/2015

Accelerator

The goal of Accelerator is to help you get through your reading list faster. The app pulls in text from articles saved in your Instapaper, Pocket or Readability apps, as well as those saved from the web, and displays the text one word at a time so you can get through a few hundred words in about a minute.

Keep an eye on: You can change the color theme to black, white or sepia-toned backgrounds. The “read in accelerator” bookmark will let you pull in text from your browser.

Pro-tip: The more you use the app, the better you may get at reading fast. If the default speed gets too easy you can adjust the speed between words or how many words appear at once in the app’s settings.

Kosmo

A new take on the endless runner-style game, Kosmo is more of an endless hopper, its creators say. The game stars an astronaut without his craft who must hop between obstacles like blimps and meteors in order to get to his final destination.

Keep an eye on: As you keep playing and collect more coins you can unlock different characters and upgrades.

Pro-tip: It’s somewhat counter-intuitive, but it’s sometimes easier to navigate the levels’ obstacles if you move more slowly, though tapping faster will help you rise more quickly.

MyAlbum

Part photo album, part story-telling app, MyAlbum allows you to upload photos and videos from you camera roll and the app’s algorithms arrange the clips and images into an album meant to highlight the best parts of your story.

Keep an eye on: The app’s privacy and sharing settings, albums are private by default, but you can open them up to comments and likes or share them elsewhere on social media.

Pro-tip: If you log into your account from the web, you can add additional information, which the company calls “enrichments,” to your albums, including weather, maps, text and other supplements.

SayWhat

Think of SayWhat as a kind of video version of “Urban Dictionary.” Users are presented with a variety of phrases — “throwing shade,” for example — and tasked with making short video clips explaining their meaning.

Keep an eye on: The app also has phrases in Spanish and Mandarin so language learners can benefit from the app’s user-gernated videos as well.

Pro-tip: If you have a friend you think is particularly masterful with one of the concepts, you can nominate them through the app to make a recording.

Tossup

The goal of Tossup, Microsoft’s latest experiment, is to help groups of friends make plans and communicate with one another. The app pulls in your friends’ info from Facebook and your contacts list so you can connect with them directly on questions like “where should we meet up?"

Keep an eye on: Yelp ratings and reviews are baked-in to help make choosing venues to meet at a little easier.

Pro-tip: The app isn't just for making plans, you can also get your friends’ opinions with the polling feature.

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